this was a nice article with lots of ideas. Perhaps someone can make use of one of them. cheers!
storage ideas
Nice, the vice storage is perfect for the pressed in Hatchers. Thanks.
I really want to figure out how to tape/paint/vinyl the tool pegboard with a shadow of each tool.
Might pick up some of these actually for the red toolbox
I have an AI file with vector outlines of the Ryobi tools, if you want that.
Sure!
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I put it into the Logistics committee drive. Filename is
ryobi tool board outlines.ai
(For some reason, TALK thinks there is a link embedded here. There isn’t).
Just cut the tool shadows out of vinyl on the vinyl cutter and stick on to a pre-painted (or factory white) pegboard?
Right, the difficult part would be getting an image of the tool layouts. Not now that we have a svg though
For tools not included in the file Chris included, you could probably scan tool by tool on a scanner, then run the scanned file through InkScape to convert the JPG/BMP to a vector outline. Some cleanup would be needed.
Manual tracing of the image is also an option: I do this sometimes to convert a manually created leather part (e.g. a knife sheath) into a digital version. Here are the rough steps I’d do…
- Scan each tool with a ruler on the scanner bed
- import image into InkScape
- Draw a box of known size: 3" square would probably be good.
- Scale image so ruler on image matches box size - Image is now 1:1 in InkScape
- Reduce opacity on image to perhaps 40%
- Use Belzier tool to draw line segments for outline
- (optional) Join segments into one polyline (or just Group together)
7a) Save early, save often, just in case - lather, rinse, repeat for other tools
- plate up tool outlines on a master page to minimize wastage before sending to vinyl cutter